Heater eor oil-tanks



G. C. BOWEN.

HEATER FOR OIL TANKS.

APPLICATION man NOV. 21, 1918.

1,324,380. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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A TTOR/VEYS G. C. BOWEN.

HEATER FOR OIL TANKS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2|, I918.

Patented Dec. 9,1919

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enovua cmvnt'ann BOWEN, or COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

HEATER FOR OIL-TAN KS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, GRovER CLEVELAND BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, and

v a resident of Cofleyville, in the county'of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heaters for Oil-Tanks, of which the followin is a specification.

y invention is an improvement in heaters for 011 tanks, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, yet eflicient device of the character specified, which will elfectivel and uniformly heat the oil and prevent reezing, wherein the coils are rigidly supported, and wherein the heater will not interfere in the proper scrubbing of the usual construction, adapted to carry oil, and the heater comprises a header 2 which is a substantially cylindrical casing of arc shape longitudinally, and formed upon an arc whose center is the center of the tank or approximately so.

This header is supported by clamping brackets 3, the said brackets embracing the ends of the header and being secured to the tank wall, and the ends of the header have diametrically extending lugs 4 which prevent movement of the clampsover the ends of the header.

Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that each clamp consists of sections which are clamped on the header by means of bolts and nuts as shown. A series of pipe sections 5 is connected with, the header, the said header having internally threaded nipples 6, with which the pipe sections engage. The pipes 5 are arranged in pairs, the ends of the members of each pair remote from the header be- Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed November 21, 1918. Serial No. 263,574.

ing connected by a substantially U-shaped union 7.

Each header has a valve controlled inlet 8, and a valve controlled outlet 9, the said inlet being at a higher level than the outlet, and it will be evident that the inlet and the outlet may be either at the end of the tank or at the side. That is, they may be extend ed from the cylindrical wall of the header or from the end walls as may be desired.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that one pipe section 5 of each pair is sectional, the sections being connectedby a union 10. The pipe sections are rigidly braced and held in spaced relation at the end remote from the header by means of are shaped straps or plates 11, two of which are provided, one at the ends of the sections adjacent to the union 7 and the other intermediate the unions 7 and the header.

Each pipe section is rigidly connected to the adjacent plate or strap by means of U- shaped clips 12, and it will be evident that the sections will be held rigidly spaced apart by the plates, which ma be secured to the side wall of the tank at t eir ends. j

Referring to Fig. 2 ofthe drawing, it will be seen that the header 2 has a core 2 and that sundry of the pipes 5 are connected with the core, the others being connected with the jacket or space between the core and the header wall. Commencing from the bottom of Fig. 2, the second, third, sixth, eighth, and ninth pipes are connected with the core, extending through the header wall.

This provides for a continuous circulation of heating. fluid through the pipes.

I claim:

A heater for oil tanks, comprising a header having a hollow core, and having an inlet for the heating fluid connected with the space between the core and the header. and an outlet connected with the hollow of the core, and a series of pipe sections connected with the header at one end, said pipes being connected in pairs at the end remote from the header, one pipe of each pair being connected with the space between the core and the header wall and the other with the interior of the core.

GROVER CLEVELAND BOWEN. 

